Nanoco Group PLC Notification of Major Interest in Shares (1815D)

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RNS Number : 1815D

Nanoco Group PLC

22 October 2015

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                 Nanoco Group plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                      X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                  Henderson Global Investors 
  to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                      21 October 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                        22 October 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed            Above 15% (please refer to Section 
  or                                                            13) 
  reached: 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                      Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                       transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number           Number                 Number     Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                 of               of                    of          rights 
                 Shares           Voting                shares 
                                  Rights 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------------  ---------  -----------------------  ----------------------------- 
                                                        Direct     Direct      Indirect     Direct         Indirect 
-------------    -----  ------  ------  -----  ------  ---------  ----------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
 Ordinary         35,465,100          35,465,100                               35,621,011                     15.02% 
               ---------------  ---------------------  ---------  ----------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
 GB00B01JLR99 
-------------    -----  ------  ------  -----  ------  -------    ----  ----  -----------      ---  ----     ----------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial       Expiration      Exercise/                       Number of voting            % of voting 
  instrument              date            Conversion Period               rights that may             rights 
                                                                          be 
                                                                          acquired if the 
                                                                          instrument is 
                                                                          exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/        Number of voting               % of voting rights 
 financial         price          date           Conversion       rights instrument 
 instrument                                      period           refers to 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ------------------------- 
      CFD                                                                 3,148,057             Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
                                                                                                   1.32% 
-------------    -----  ------  ------  -----  ------  -------    ----  ----  -----------      ------------  ----------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights 
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                          38,769,068                                                     16.35% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                           This disclosure is due to an increase 
  13. Additional information:               in the ordinary share holding above 
                                            the 15% threshold. The combined holding 
                                            still remains within the 16% threshold 
                                            level. 
 
                                            This disclosure has been calculated 
                                            based on issue share capital amount 
                                            237,065,356. 
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 14. Contact name:                                      Scott Dickenson 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                           020 7818 4184 
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